Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Harald

Gender

Male

Origin

Norse
war chief

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Harald

Pronunciation

ha-ra-ld

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1925 (rank #1533, 24 births); most recent 2025 (rank #5861, 15 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoys
202515
202413
20238
20229
2021–
2020–
2019–
20187
20177
20166

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2024 (rank #3249, 6 births); most recent 2025 (rank #4970, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
20253
20246
20233
20225
20213
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 1972 (rank #820, 12 births); most recent 2023 (rank #2965, 7 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
20237
20228
20217
20208
20195
20184
20174
2016–
20154
20143

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence